Modification of the surface properties of an activated carbon by oxygen plasma treatment

Fuel ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 77 (6) ◽  
pp. 613-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
A García
2012 ◽  
Vol 509 ◽  
pp. 182-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Jung Chang ◽  
Shao Tsu Hung ◽  
Che Wei Pan

Nanostructured ZnO films are hydrophobic. The effects of oxygen plasma treatment on the wetting properties of the ZnO film surfaces were studied. The oxygen plasma treatment makes the nanostructured ZnO films superhydrophilic and helps to enhance the absorption of the dye molecules on the nanostructured film.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 446-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neda Neykova ◽  
Jiri Stuchlik ◽  
Karel Hruska ◽  
Ales Poruba ◽  
Zdenek Remes ◽  
...  

Densely packed ZnO nanocolumns (NCs), perpendicularly oriented to the fused-silica substrates were directly grown under hydrothermal conditions at 90 °C, with a growth rate of around 0.2 μm/h. The morphology of the nanostructures was visualized and analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The surface properties of ZnO NCs and the binding state of present elements were investigated before and after different plasma treatments, typically used in plasma-enhanced CVD solar cell deposition processes, by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Photothermal deflection spectroscopy (PDS) was used to investigate the optical and photoelectrical characteristics of the ZnO NCs, and the changes induced to the absorptance by the plasma treatments. A strong impact of hydrogen plasma treatment on the free-carrier and defect absorption of ZnO NCs has been directly detected in the PDS spectra. Although oxygen plasma treatment was proven to be more efficient in the surface activation of the ZnO NC, the PDS analysis showed that the plasma treatment left the optical and photoelectrical features of the ZnO NCs intact. Thus, it was proven that the selected oxygen plasma treatment can be of great benefit for the development of thin film solar cells based on ZnO NCs.


2017 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 564-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Kazak ◽  
Yasin Ramazan Eker ◽  
Haluk Bingol ◽  
Ali Tor

2013 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 509-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya Xue ◽  
Haiping He ◽  
Yizheng Jin ◽  
Bin Lu ◽  
Hongtao Cao ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 255 (5) ◽  
pp. 3153-3158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Chen ◽  
Chengshuang Zhang ◽  
Xiangyi Zhang ◽  
Baichen Wang ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
...  

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